doveadm-altmove(1) [centos man page]
DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1) NAME
doveadm-altmove - Move matching mails to the alternative storage (dbox-only) SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] search_query doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -A search_query doveadm [-Dv] altmove [-r] [-S socket_path] -u user search_query DESCRIPTION
This command can be used with sdbox or mdbox storage to move mails to alternative storage path when :ALT=<path> is specified for the mail location. In the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the altmove action with the environment of the logged in system user. In the second form, the command will be performed for all users. In the third form, only matching mails of the given user(s) will be moved to the alternative storage. OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. Command specific options: -A If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the first_valid_uid setting. When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your data- base layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in /etc/dovecot/dove- cot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Otherwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users. -r When the -r option is given this command works the other way round. Mails will be moved from the alternative storage back to the default mail location. -S socket_path The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket. This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket. -u user/mask Run the command only for the given user. It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org). When neither the -A option nor -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user. ARGUMENTS
search_query Messages matching this search query will be moved to alt storage. See doveadm-search-query(7) for details. FILES
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf Mailbox locations and namespaces. /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-*.conf.ext Authentication processes, including userdb settings. EXAMPLE
This example moves seen mails older than one week to alternative storage under /nfsmount: mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/%h/mdbox doveadm altmove -u johnd@example.com seen savedbefore 1w REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is avail- able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html SEE ALSO
doveadm(1), doveadm-search-query(7) Dovecot v2.2 2011-09-15 DOVEADM-ALTMOVE(1)
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DOVEADM-IMPORT(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-IMPORT(1) NAME
doveadm-import - Import messages matching given search query SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] source_location dest_parent search_query doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] -A source_location dest_parent search_query doveadm [-Dv] import [-S socket_path] -u user source_location dest_parent search_query DESCRIPTION
This command can be used to import mails from another mail storage specified by source_location to one or more user's mailboxes. All the mailboxes are imported under the given dest_parent mailbox, or to root level if dest_parent is empty (""). The search_query can be used to restrict which mailboxes or messages are imported. In the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the import action with the environment of the logged in system user. In the second form, the mails will be imported for all users. In the third form, the mails will be imported only for given user(s). OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. Command specific options: -A If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the first_valid_uid setting. When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your data- base layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in /etc/dovecot/dove- cot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Otherwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users. -S socket_path The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket. This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket. -u user/mask Run the command only for the given user. It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org). When neither the -A option nor -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user. ARGUMENTS
dest_parent The name of the destination mailbox, under which the mails should be imported. doveadm(1) will create the dest_parent mailbox if it doesn't exist. search_query Copy messages matching this search query. See doveadm-search-query(7) for details. source_location This argument specifies the mailbox format and location of the source location. The syntax is the same as for the mail_location set- ting. For example: maildir:/backup/20101126/jane.doe/Maildir or mdbox:/srv/mail/john.doe/mdbox:ALT=/nfsmount/john.doe/mdbox EXAMPLE
This example imports all mails from a backup under a backup-20101026 mailbox: doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org mdbox:/backup/20101026/jane.doe/mdbox backup-20101026 all Another example that imports only messages from foo@example.org in the backup mdbox's INBOX to jane's INBOX: doveadm import -u jane.doe@example.org mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from foo@example.org REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is avail- able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html SEE ALSO
doveadm(1), doveadm-fetch(1), doveadm-search(1), doveadm-search-query(7) Dovecot v2.1 2010-11-26 DOVEADM-IMPORT(1)